This invasion is documented by Gregory of Tours, who cited the now lost work of Sulpicius Alexander.
According to this account Genobaud invaded the Roman provinces Germania and Belgia together with Marcomer and Sunno.
They broke through the limes, killed many people, destroyed the most fruitful lands and made the city of Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, now Cologne, panic.
When the Roman generals Nanninus and Quintinus heard the news in Trier, they attacked those remaining Frankish forces and killed many of them.
After this engagement Quintinus crossed the Rhine to punish the Franks in their own country; however, his army was surrounded and beaten.